Heh, that was exactly my reaction. "I've seen it once and it got old already."DarkUnderlord said:
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Preview Fallout 3: It's for the fans!
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By the way, has someone mentioned the "Perfect Life" Trailer yet? It's also on gametrailers. It's a Vault-Tec ad featuring Mr. Handy in the kitchen of an All-American family, followed by some gameplay footage.
I didn't find it bad overall - I liked how the robot apparently considered using a saw on the husband - but it confirmed my fear that they redesigned Mr. Handy.
Also, in an ongoing trend of making positive remarks on Bethout, I'll admit that the laser vaporization effect looks kinda cool when seen in a good quality video.
I wish to balance this statment with the observation that the squatting female raider looks ridiculous. Why couldn't she just kneel like any normal person?
Also, when you see the player holding a grenade in third person view I got the impression they reused Oblivion animations.
Last and maybe least, did I spot a Tactics-style Power Armor on an Enclave soldier? What a coincidence they got those, too.
I didn't find it bad overall - I liked how the robot apparently considered using a saw on the husband - but it confirmed my fear that they redesigned Mr. Handy.
Also, in an ongoing trend of making positive remarks on Bethout, I'll admit that the laser vaporization effect looks kinda cool when seen in a good quality video.
I wish to balance this statment with the observation that the squatting female raider looks ridiculous. Why couldn't she just kneel like any normal person?
Also, when you see the player holding a grenade in third person view I got the impression they reused Oblivion animations.
Last and maybe least, did I spot a Tactics-style Power Armor on an Enclave soldier? What a coincidence they got those, too.
entertainer
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Seboss said:
Even more terrible.
Micmu
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Honestly, looks like a mediocre shooter with a "fatality" twist.
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Some toughts:
AI is stupid as shit, but you already know about that.
Why the hell do I see 3 mushrooms? Are those cars?
The sniper rifle looks like shit. While in VATS when the time is frozen the propaganda music plays nonstop.
VD 101 is one tough son-of-a-bitch by taking a shot in the head and not taking any significant damage.
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Claw said:
Huh, that was a distressingly acceptable showing of Bob Dobbs humor. I was kind of hoping they'd drive it into a ditch.
The core combat doesn't look that bad. FO's core combat mechanics are pretty nothing - it's mostly the encounter design that makes it fun (because it's about 50% meaningful set pieces compared to 99% trash as in every other RPG, ever). Now, if you have to kill another mook every 20 virtual feet with that awkwardness, as in Morrowind, then there will be something to really complain about. I also assume there will be zero balance parity between RT and pausefitan', but being Beth it's probably not balanced either way in the first place.
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jagged-jimmy
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WhiskeyWolf said:
I already pointed it out in some other post. It seems VATS plays fatality animation for each object in effect: i.e 3 people got hit by 1 Fatman shot - 3 Mushrooms, for each object one.
You also see in the very 1. video like Raider gets hit by 1 laser shot and then we see "second" shot while gore plays. Kind of seeing the hit and then flash back to it to see gore.
Suchy
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queued shots maybe?
I like the scene where the player vaporizes a distant raider using VATS.
The laser looks like utter crap in FP mode, though. I've played enough Unreal Tournament to know that energy beams can look cool in FP. Bethesda just failed at achieving this.
Also, how ridiculous is it to get a "Raider left arm crippled" message when you blow someone to smithereens?
I realize Fallout had similar situations where you scored a crippling hit and then the target died, but it just seems more ridiculous because a) the message is displayed more prominently and b) the taget was actually blown to pieces. I'm pretty sure Fallout had special messages for that case.
Oh, and critical strike? It's not a bloody strike. It's a ctitical hit. Seriously, does Bethesda have to get every little thing wrong?
The laser looks like utter crap in FP mode, though. I've played enough Unreal Tournament to know that energy beams can look cool in FP. Bethesda just failed at achieving this.
Also, how ridiculous is it to get a "Raider left arm crippled" message when you blow someone to smithereens?
I realize Fallout had similar situations where you scored a crippling hit and then the target died, but it just seems more ridiculous because a) the message is displayed more prominently and b) the taget was actually blown to pieces. I'm pretty sure Fallout had special messages for that case.
Oh, and critical strike? It's not a bloody strike. It's a ctitical hit. Seriously, does Bethesda have to get every little thing wrong?
jagged-jimmy
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Hmm, might be. But there are still some technical issues with VATS-animations IMHO. 3 Muchrooms are just wrong.Suchy said:
Micmu
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Oh shit, they are going to pull that article.
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Ha, ha, he said nookyular.DarkUnderlord said:
"the glowing ones aren't only capable of healing other ghouls but also of shooting shockwaves of radioactivity"
kingcomrade
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We need to change terms like molecular to moleclear so that people don't get confusedFutile Rhetoric said:
TheLostOne
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What the fuck is a shockwave of radioactivity? Do they know what radioactivity is?
Solohk
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Yeah. It's what comes out of a car when you blow it up with a teddy bear.
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